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   Nantucket E-Books (nantucketebooks@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 09-Oct-2023 14:53:05 JST Nantucket E-Books

   I have observed that when starting a conversation about free software, bringing up privacy is no help. Most people don't care, or even worse, they care, but think the battle was lost a long time ago.

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     dragestil (dragestil@hostux.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Oct-2023 14:53:04 JST dragestil

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     @nantucketebooks it could also be easier to talk about free software with people who care about politics especially about personal freedom. They are more likely to get the message. If they have the will to influence others the message could travel even further.

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     dragestil (dragestil@hostux.social)'s status on Monday, 09-Oct-2023 14:53:05 JST dragestil

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     @nantucketebooks my theory is that most people are simply politically apathetic, but it could still help to try to spread the message without the expectation that they'll care immediately. Raising awareness and planting the seeds are still quite achievable imo.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Oct-2023 20:08:34 JST 翠星石

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     • dragestil
     @dragestil @nantucketebooks The hardest part about talking about free software is that most people think what proprietary software developers want them to think about what software "naturally is" and it's extremely hard to simplify an explanation why every single claim of the sort is incorrect.